Definition of centigrade Centigrade
/sɛˈntʌgɹejˌd/ - [sentugreyd] - cen•ti•grade
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What does centigrade mean?
Wiktionary 
- centigrade (Noun)
A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Now known as the Celsius scale. - centigrade (Adjective)
Having 100 divisions between two fixed points. - centigrade (Adjective)
Celsius.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- centigrade (a.)
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. - centigrade (a.)
Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10¡ centigrade (or 10¡ C.).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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centigrade
sen′ti-grād, adj. having a hundred degrees: divided into a hundred degrees, as the centigrade thermometer constructed by Celsius (1701-44), in which freezing-point is zero and boiling-point is 100° (for its relation to the Fahrenheit scale, see Thermometer). [L. centum, and gradus, a step, a degree.]
